Name: Greencastle livestock auction prices — 2020-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter holsteins sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers steady-1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder dairy calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,614	70.79	1,143	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,775	61.51	1,092	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,710	55.92	956	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,291	53.44	690	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,117	37.13	415	28
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,255	60.54	760	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,516	89.53	1,357	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,584	79.51	1,259	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,657	67.69	1,122	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,442	123.50	1,781	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,331	111.38	1,482	6thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,570	122.64	1,925	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	116.47	1,733	18
Steers	Select	Average	1,340	109.04	1,461	9thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	97	91.78/cwt	38
Bulls	Number 2	99	63.58/cwt	19
Bulls	Number 3	90	28.76/cwt	8
Bulls	Utility	66	6.00/cwt	1
Heifers	Number 1	91	82.50/cwt	2
Heifers	Number 2	82	20.00/cwt	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	75	15.00/cwt	2

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Greencastle Livestock Auction (Monday) - Greencastle, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,558	75.91/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,183	4
Bulls	—	—	1,639	68.51/cwt	65.00–72.50	1,123	9
Bulls	Number 1	—	113	98.56/cwt	85.00–110.00	111	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	94	79.61/cwt	55.00–100.00	75	13
Bulls	Number 3	—	90	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	27	3
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	101.84/cwt	95.00–110.00	105	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,488	116.47/cwt	111.00–120.50	1,733	18
Steers	Select	—	1,340	109.04/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,461	9
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,255	60.54/cwt	59.00–62.00	760	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,584	79.51/cwt	73.00–86.00	1,259	2
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,516	89.53/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,357	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,657	67.69/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,122	3
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,442	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,781	1
Heifers	Number 1	—	94	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	33	1
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	80	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	12	1
Heifers	Number 2	—	82	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	16	2
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	70	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	11	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,570	122.64/cwt	120.00–126.50	1,925	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,775	61.51/cwt	60.00–62.50	1,092	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	58.87/cwt	55.50–62.50	723	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	51.02/cwt	47.00–53.00	673	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	45.03/cwt	41.00–49.50	523	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	33.50/cwt	16.00–40.00	371	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	111.38/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,482	6
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	70.28/cwt	50.00–85.00	67	8
Bulls	Number 3	—	68	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	14	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	124	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	37	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	85	62.05/cwt	50.00–70.00	53	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	55.92/cwt	52.50–60.50	956	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	49.73/cwt	49.50–50.00	536	2
Bulls	Utility	—	66	6.00/cwt	6.00–6.00	4	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	132	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	66	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	85	38.91/cwt	30.00–50.00	33	4
Bulls	Number 3	—	83	27.53/cwt	25.00–30.00	23	2
Bulls	Number 2	—	128	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	70	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	103	77.03/cwt	70.00–85.00	79	5
Bulls	Number 3Crossbred	—	88	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	31	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	92	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	202	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	104	160.19/cwt	150.00–170.00	167	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	88	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	114	1

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 437Last week 561Year ago 0

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 325Last week 345Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,558	74.00–77.00	75.91
9	—	1,639	65.00–72.50	68.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,488	111.00–120.50	116.47
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,340	106.00–112.00	109.04
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,570	120.00–126.50	122.64
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	59.00–62.00	60.54
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,584	73.00–86.00	79.51
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,516	86.00–93.00	89.53
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,657	66.00–70.00	67.69
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,442	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,331	109.00–113.00	111.38
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,775	60.00–62.50	61.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,228	55.50–62.50	58.87
18	—	1,319	47.00–53.00	51.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,162	41.00–49.50	45.03
20	—	1,108	16.00–40.00	33.50
2	—	1,077	49.50–50.00	49.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,710	52.50–60.50	55.92

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	113	85.00–110.00	98.56
13	—	94	55.00–100.00	79.61
11	—	103	95.00–110.00	101.84
8	—	85	50.00–70.00	62.05
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	90	30.00	30.00
1	—	68	20.00	20.00
1	—	124	30.00	30.00
2	—	83	25.00–30.00	27.53
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	95	50.00–85.00	70.28
1	—	132	50.00	50.00
4	—	85	30.00–50.00	38.91
1	—	128	55.00	55.00
5	—	103	70.00–85.00	77.03
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	66	6.00	6.00
Bulls — Number 3 · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	35.00	35.00
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	92	220.00	220.00
2	—	104	150.00–170.00	160.19
Heifers — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	94	35.00	35.00
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	15.00	15.00
1	—	70	15.00	15.00
Heifers — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	82	20.00	20.00
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	88	130.00	130.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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